Visvaksena-samhita [sanskrit]

33,819 words | ISBN-13: 9788179070383

The Sanskrit text of the Visvaksena-samhita, an ancient Vaishnava Agama, belonging to the Pancaratra tradition. An important topic discussed in the Samhita is that Aniruddha created Brahma and Brahma created all the men and women of the four castes. Visvaksena (lit. “lord of hosts”) is a sort of chief minister to God in all heavenly and mundane affairs. Alternative titles: Viśvaksenāsaṃhitā (विश्वक्सेनासंहिता), Viśvaksenā-saṃhitā (विश्वक्सेना-संहिता), Vishvaksenasamhita, Vishvaksena, Visvaksenasamhita.

Verse 36.104

चातुर्वर्ण्यसमोपेतः सदाचारपरायणः ।
सद्वंश्यः सर्वशास्त्रज्ञो लोकज्ञः सर्वधर्मवित् ॥ 104 ॥

cāturvarṇyasamopetaḥ sadācāraparāyaṇaḥ |
sadvaṃśyaḥ sarvaśāstrajño lokajñaḥ sarvadharmavit || 104 ||

The English translation of Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.104 is contained in the book The Pancaratra Agamas (an Introduction) by Swami Harshananda. This book is not available online so in order to read the full text and translation you should buy the book:

Buy now! English translation by Swami Harshananda (2002)

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (36.104). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Caturvarnya, Samopeta, Sadacara, Parayana, Sarvashastra, Jna, Lokajna, Sarvadharmavid,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Visvaksena-samhita Verse 36.104). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “cāturvarṇyasamopetaḥ sadācāraparāyaṇaḥ
  • cāturvarṇya -
  • cāturvarṇya (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • samopetaḥ -
  • samopeta (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sadācāra -
  • sadācāra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sadācāra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • parāyaṇaḥ -
  • parāyaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • Line 2: “ sadvaṃśyaḥ sarvaśāstrajño lokajñaḥ sarvadharmavit
  • Cannot analyse *sadvaṃśyaḥ*sa
  • sarvaśāstra -
  • sarvaśāstra (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    sarvaśāstra (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • jño* -
  • jña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • lokajñaḥ -
  • lokajña (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
  • sarvadharmavit -
  • sarvadharmavid (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
    sarvadharmavid (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
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